I recently spoke at a breakfast meeting of The Lexington Forum.

It was one of the best attended events they’ve had recently, a reflection of the intense interest there is in the community about the presidential search underway at UK. I tried to communicate that even during a period of significant challenge, we continue to make real progress toward our goals. In fact, as a result of that progress under President Todd, I told the Forum that it’s clear we’re attracting a deep and large pool of interested candidates for the position of UK’s 12th President.

From the confidentiality of the search to our continued quest for Top 20 public research university status, I was asked several questions that, to me, indicated the deep support for this university among people in this community.

For those interested, here’s what I told The Forum about UK and the search: http://www.uky.edu/PresidentialSearch/forum_speech_business_lex.doc